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The Best Invoicing Software for Small Business

NerdWallet · nerdwallet.com Free Beginner

NerdWallet's independent review of invoicing software for US small businesses, updated March 2026: Square Invoices with a POS, QuickBooks for accounting, FreshBooks for freelancers, Xero for larger small businesses, Wave and Zoho Invoice for free invoicing, Invoice Ninja for payment flexibility and Harvest for project invoicing.

  • Zoho Invoice and Wave are the free picks; FreshBooks is the freelancer pick.
  • Harvest suits billing by the hour against projects.
  • Square Invoices fits a business that also takes payments in person.

The question it answers

  1. Which invoicing and quoting software should a small business or freelancer use?

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  1. Zoho's invoicing app, which its own pricing page lists at ₹0 for Indian businesses, forever. It makes GST-compliant invoices,... zoho.com Tool · Pricing page Zoho Invoice pricing: free for Indian businesses Zoho
  2. Vyapar's own plan page. Vyapar is GST billing and inventory built for shops, traders and small manufacturers who bill from a... vyaparapp.in Tool · Pricing page Vyapar plans and pricing Vyapar
  3. MyBillBook's own pricing page. It is GST billing and stock software for small shops and traders, phone first with a desktop app... mybillbook.in Tool · Pricing page myBillBook pricing plans myBillBook (FloBiz)
  4. Intuit's US price list for QuickBooks Online, the default accounting software of US accountants. QuickBooks Free costs $0 for... quickbooks.intuit.com Tool · Pricing page QuickBooks Online pricing (US) Intuit
  5. Wave's own price page. Its Starter plan is free for unlimited estimates, invoices, bills and bookkeeping records, aimed at US... waveapps.com Tool · Pricing page Wave pricing Wave
  6. Refrens' own pricing page. Refrens is an Indian invoicing, quotation and bookkeeping tool popular with freelancers, agencies... refrens.com Tool · Pricing page Refrens pricing Refrens
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